Happy 4th of July. We just finished another very successful Sectional in Atlanta. There were just shy of 1000 tables in play over the course of 5 days. I played with my regular partner Mike Kovacich and we had a good time with one win and several seconds.
One very interesting hand was dealt on Saturday night in the knockouts.
I had
10
Q9
K1094
KQ10965
My left hand opponent opened with a preempt of 3
. I was rooting for partner to make a takeout double, which I would pass for penalties. Unfortuantely my partner bid 4
which showed the majors. I bid 4
and it went pass, pass and then my right hand opponent doubled. I was not too happy awaiting the sight of dummy.
Q97643
AK108643
Partner was 6-7 in the majors!!!!
I ruffed the
Q lead and led a spade to the
J and my
10. The opponents shifted to a trump but I was able to win it, trump a spade, draw trumps and give up two spades to make 4
doubled.
About the possibility of a new club, I hope to have an annoucement in the next two weeks.